July 2016 Debut of the Month | In a Nutshell: Old world witches * Potent prophecy * Firm friendship
Fairytale witch-magic melds with the modern world in this captivating debut. A spell is cast when two babies are born as the clock strikes twelve and their lives are switched “in the blink of an eye as magic does”. And so a witch, Charlock Hawkweed, gives birth to a daughter, Ember, after long being “cursed with boys” which means that either she or her sister, Raven, will be mother of the witch queen, in accordance with the Hawkweed prophecy. But beautiful Ember is deemed a “pitiful excuse for a witch” and the coven expects that Raven’s daughter will one day be crowned queen.
A world away, teenager Poppy is about to start her eleventh school after a succession of expulsions. “Something always went wrong,” we learn. “Either intentionally or by accident”. Her depressed mum insists that it's not Poppy's fault. “It's the devil in you,” she says.
Then, when Poppy follows a hare into a dell, two worlds entwine when she meets Ember. They instantly become friends, and it’s not long before Poppy realises who – and what - she really is… As the girls struggle to find their way, linked both by their friendship and their love for the same handsome boy, the time of the prophecy looms ever closer.
At heart, this is an entrancing, emotionally-charged book about growing up and forming deep bonds of friendship. Younger YA readers with a penchant for the paranormal will be spellbound. ~ Joanne Owen
The babies were born as the clock struck twelve. A bat fell from the air mid-flight. A silver salmon floated dead to the surface of the river.
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The babies were born as the clock struck twelve. A bat fell from the air mid-flight.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Hawkweed Prophecy and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-14 years old
The Hawkweed Prophecy features in the following genres: Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Recommendations, Debuts of the Month, Historical Fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 13+ readers
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The Hawkweed Prophecy was written by Irena Brignull and published by Orchard Books an imprint of Hachette Children's Group
The Hawkweed Prophecy has 424 pages
Yes it is part of The Hawkweed Prophecy series
